I noticed there were updates ready for my computer last night, one of which was Firefox. What I found odd was it jumped from version 5 to 9. I've done some research and found that 9 is the very latest version of Firefox, but this seems unusual for LMDE to have the very latest version for whatever reason.

Can I check this is deliberate and expected behaviour, or is there something awry with my system?

WhatUsernameIsFree? wrote:this seems unusual for LMDE to have the very latest version for whatever reason.

I think its because FF 9 wasn't the very latest version of FF, for now, I think it's FF 10. If FF 9 was considered as stable, so make sense if its on repo right?AFAIK, now firefox will get new version number every 6 weeks (read on somewhere I forget)So I'm sure your system was fine.

WhatUsernameIsFree? wrote:Much of this doesn't make sense if you're not 'into' computers.

Maybe that's why this subforum used to have so many "I want the latest Firefox, why LMDE has only 4.0 (or 5.0)" threads.

To me, versions are just a number, especially true with Firefox. I genuinely can't tell what's new with version 9 over version 5, which means that I've jumped three versions without spotting a *single* difference. Well done Mozilla, you're pushing the boat out there!